In 2025, Martin Luther King Jr. Day also happens to coincide with Inauguration Day, a rare occurrence that last happened in 1997, when President Bill Clinton took the oath of office. Monday ...

Zoom in: It's the third time Inauguration Day and Martin Luther King Jr. Day have overlapped. Former President Bill Clinton's 1997 inauguration was the first, and former President Barack Obama's ...

The life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. will once again be celebrated and honored Monday in events around the nation.

that Martin Luther King Jr. suffered and sacrificed his life so that all mankind may one day, live together in brotherhood." The bill finally came to a vote in the House in 1979 on what would have ...

The challenges facing our nation are significant, and the solutions require collaboration, empathy and an unwavering ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day has been celebrated on the third Monday in January since its establishment in 1983, while Inauguration Day has been set as Jan. 20 since 1937. In 1997, Bill Clinton was ...

On the third Monday of January — close to King's Jan. 15 birthday — federal, state and local governments, institutions and various industries recognize Martin Luther King Jr. Day. For some ...

This year's MLK Day also falls on Inauguration Day for President-elect Donald Trump, marking only the second time in 28 years that these federal observances align. The last time the two dates ...

At his funeral, King's old friend Benjamin Mays delivered the eulogy: "Martin Luther King Jr. believed in a united America. He believed that the walls of separation brought on by legal and de ...